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Jermaine left a job with Keys to audition for the singing contest, determined to venture out as a solo vocalist. Mission accomplished.

Besides bragging rights for himself and coach Blake Shelton, the win brings the father of four a contract with Universal Republic Records. Whether it also brings record sales remains to be seen, but Jermaine was at least burning up the iTunes charts Tuesday with his cover of R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly,” the song that brought him his victory.

Jermaine repeated the song after his win, holding his wife through part of it, stopping frequently to hug other family members and contestants, and struggling to contain tears.

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He paced in circles, crying, when host Carson Daly first announced his name.

“I just want to say thank you to everybody who supported me from Day 1. God bless y’all man,” said Jermaine. “Nobody but Jesus, man, nobody.”

Personally, I would have preferred to see runner-up Juliet Simms (Team Cee Lo) take the win, but I can’t be mad about how it turned out. For one thing, just four percentage points separated Jermaine and Juliet in votes, Daly said.

For another, there were no duds in this top four. Everybody was excellent in their genres. As Adam Levine said at the beginning of the show, “I’m really kind of at peace and OK with whoever takes it.”

Third place went to former Mousketeer Tony Lucca (Team Adam) and fourth to classical singer Chris Mann (Team Christina). Daly said those two were separated by a quarter of one percentage point.

I thought American Idol was the champion at stretching out results shows, but The Voice can pack in the filler with the best of them. Tuesday’s show was two hours, which seems like a long time to wait for about two and a half minutes of results.

Some of the content they got right, including the overall celebratory spirit of the evening and musical numbers that reunited the finalists with past contestants. Those showed off not only the musical chops of old favourites but the camaraderie between them.

It was especially nice that the final four got to choose whom they wanted to sing with instead of having ensembles foisted on them.

Jermaine chose Jamar Rogers, Pip and James Massone for an entertaining version of the Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” that showed their vocals to advantage as well as some slick threads (matching gold jackets with shirts and ties and skinny black pants) and sassy dance moves.

Chris Mann brought back Lindsey Pavao and Katrina Parker for an offbeat, slightly ethereal version of The Verve’s “Bitter Sweet Symphony.” I’m not sure if he stirred up any controversy by saying, “Katrina could have won the whole show,” given that she was denied a place in the final by Levine’s tilting his point spread in Tony’s favour.

Juliet, RaeLynn, Erin Willett and Jamar (again!) all sounded excellent on “With a Little Help From My Friends.”

“I’m just happy I got to share my last moment on the stage with three incredible people and singers that I love so much,” Juliet told social media consultant Christina Milian, who got way too much face time on Tuesday.

The least successful matchup for me was Tony and Jordis Unga on Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way,” just because Jordis was so subdued until the end of the song.

We also heard from Kim Yarbrough, Cheesa, Sera Hill and Naia Kete on Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition.” Cheesa was singing like she still wanted to win the competition.

Parts of the show I didn’t like so much included the celebrity guest appearances, except for Lady Antebellum, who sang “Wanted You More.”

Juliet’s voice seemed wasted accompanying Flo Rida on his new song “Wild Ones.”

It was kind of painful watching Daryl Hall struggle to hit high notes on “Rich Girl,” which didn’t sound anything like its former incarnation, while Jermaine, Tony and Chris sang backup.

Justin Bieber’s debut of his single “Boyfriend” was OK. I’m not sure anything could have lived up to the build-up it got throughout the show. The most interesting part for me was spotting Carlena Britch, formerly of So You Think You Can Dance Canada, among Bieber’s backup dancers. Go Carlena!

Parts of the show I could have done without included the lame “The Voice for Animals” sketch and an awkward Parks and Recreation crossover that had Ron (Nick Offerman) stealing Cee Lo Green’s big red chair.

I admit I laughed at the segments about Green’s ever-present cat, Purrfect (“It has pooped in my seat before,” Shelton said), and Levine and Shelton’s bromance.

Lastly, a few words about Christina Aguilera. I was relieved to see her breasts weren’t staring us all in the face Tuesday. She was attired in a relatively modest dress shirt and sequined jacket. Then she stood up to join Chris onstage and, as one of my friends said, she obviously forgot her pants, clad only in what looked like a silver diaper.

Aquilera must be a gazillionaire at this point. Can she not afford a stylist with some taste?

In the closest thing to conflict on Monday, Daly reminded everyone of Aguilera’s earlier diss of Tony, telling the finalist, “You’ve proved to everyone that you’re not one-dimensional, that you’re more than a former Mousketeer.”

Don’t worry, Chritina, they’ll probably stop talking about it by next season.

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